Does time expand at the same rate as it decreases between the shortest day(21/12) and the longest day(21/06)?

Question

by time I mean daylight time

Answer 1

Good gracious what a fascinating question. Do you know, I rather think that it actually doesn't.  

Answer 2

The increase in daylight between the winter solstice (shortest day) and the summer solstice (longest day) can be found by using a trigonometric function since the value is a sinusoid. The daily increase in daylight from December is minimal, to be greatest at the equinox (March) and minimal again when getting near midsummer day.

So the answer is no, it doesn't expand at the same rate but follows a sinusoid and yes, it expands at the same rate from one side of the solstice to the other since those are both sides of the sinusoid.

Answer 3

I assume you mean the hours of day light.

No it does n't, Check out this:

http://www.mapmaker.com/shadowfacts/v65/...

Answer 4

The rate of change is very slow around the shortest and longest days, and is greatest at the equinoxes (21/3 and 21/9), so it is definitely not a steady rate of increase or decrease. However, increase and decrease behave the same way, e.g. 30 days after the shortest day, the daily increase will be the same as the daily decrease 30 days before the shortest day.

Answer 5

No it doesn't.

Answer 6

Time doesn't expand between the shortest and longest days, only hours of daylight.

Time is affected by gravity, so large bodies off mass will affect it.